Historic Sites of Manitoba: Umatilla United Church and Hall (Municipality of Grandview)

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This former United church building in the Municipality of Grandview was built in 1912 on the former site of Spruce Bluff School, hosting both Methodist and Presbyterian services. It closed in 1960. Across the road is the former Umatilla Hall.

Clerics

Period	Cleric
1895	Rev. Gilbart
1897	E. W. Woods
1897-1898	Rev. McGerrigal
1898	Rev. Hagan, Rev. Skae, A. E. Elliott, C. T. Correlli, Rev. Osborne
1899	Rev. Ormiston, Rev. Ketchen
1900	D. Scott
1900-1901	Rev. Gregg
1901-1905	T. W. Bailey
1902-1907	Alex Fraser
1907-1909	A. W. Churchill
1908	Rev. Mitchell
1908-1912	J. J. Cruickshanks
1909-1915	Robert Campbell
1912-1914	E. L. Kirkpatrick
1914-1918	Thomas Merriweather
1915-1918	H. Dickson
1918-1920	Rev. Hemphill
1920-1922	Rev. Spiers
1921	Rev. Hamilton, Thomas Mitchell, James McNeil, William Mitchell, J. W. Claxton, George McNeil
1920-1924	A. W. Kenner
1924-1926	J. D. Wildfong
1927-1937	John Jackson
1931	Andy Woods
1937-1942	Harry Dodd
1942-1945	Albert Irwin Alfonso Carruthers (1880-1957)
1945-1946	John William Ridd (1865-1955)
1946-1949	George Henry Hambley (1896-1983)
1950-1953	H. G. Munro
1953-1956	Ed Bennett
1956-1957	Earl McIntyre
1957-1960	Ivan Fulford

Other clerics of Umatilla Church were W. Stewart McCullough, Andy Casky, C. M. Coulter, Rev. Wagner, Richard Cross, and C. E. Armstrong.

Photos & Coordinates

The former Umatilla United Church building, later converted into a granary (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough The vacant Umatilla Hall building (June 2012) Source: Gordon Goldsborough Site Coordinates (lat/long): N51.25034, W100.64914 denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

Grandview United Church: Past and Present, 1891-1967 by Grandview United Church History Committee, 1967. [Legislative Library of Manitoba, F5649.G73 Gra]

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 18 October 2020

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